From the mind of Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and screenwriter of The Social Network and Moneyball, comes "The Newsroom", a behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor (played by Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), the newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel) and their boss (Sam Waterston), the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.[+]more

Sure, this is a well produced and well acted show... But damn... the agenda of the executive producers producers (Aaron Sorkin, Scott Rudin, & Alan Poul) vomits such an elitist - righteous - my opinion is right and everyone who does not agree is stupid - progressive - liberal attitude with such indignity to the audience.

I argue with myself weekly the pros and cons of... Is it worth the good scenes to sit through the vitriol of the others?

There's an interesting comment "... cast hanoi jane of all people " by a person that's in all probability not old enough to actually remember that awful time period. I applaud her for her outspoken views on that False Flag War! Was she some how manipulated into taking the infamous photo? Absolutely! The North Vietnamese had lots of hidden agendas and propaganda they were spilling about in those days. What better way to stir the pot?

Fonda has since stated she was horrified at that picture and its implications. She's stated "I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I'm very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families. [...] I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless."

We lost many thousands of our Nation's children NOT because of Jane Fonda but because of our Military Industrial Complex (and the many, many False Flag Operations / Wars it has spawned; including 9/11) something that Dwight Eisenhower repeatedly warned us about in the late 50's!

People need to give Jane Fonda credit for the courage to go to that War torn area to bring attention to the stupidity of that war! She was young, naive but had the right motives.

From what I see most of the links on this site are NOT good for international viewers. So far, all I've seen are links to sites that only people in the USA and territories can watch. Most of the links are review sites.

As far as the content of the show...

The Rothschilds, the insidious family that owns more than 50% of the worlds entire worth (many TRILLIONS of dollars) love this show!

How much are they worth? If your an average person, you are to Bill Gates, Carlos Slim and Warren Buffet combined as those guys are to the Rothschilds.

They love this show because it puts us Lemmings / indentured slaves back on track! The perfect example is @Bergand passionate thesis statement about liberals and conservatives in the comments.

AS LONG as we, the tiny people, keep our focus on things that are absolutely TRIVIAL, such as the raging debates between Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives, Sports, Entertainment and Fashion etc., we are not focusing on how we are being raped by the Rothschilds, the family that pretty much controls every little bit of content you read, hear and see in the mainstream Media! Their ilk (plus a few others like them world wide) with the help of the many fractional banking systems that they OWN, including the Federal Reserve Bank in the USA is what we SHOULD be focusing on so we can become FREE Sovereign beings once again!

here we frikken go with the political nutjobs this show has nothing to due with the Right or the Left its a Centralized show with an incredible diverse selection of writers/producers and actors nothing more. So when does season 2 start! GAH!

ya know this is an entertaining show, i rly like it. now if it werent so pro liberal pro obama, anti republican conservative anti free thinking unless its in agreement with the writer it could be a GREAT show. the worst thing about this show isnt that it portrays all conservatives as selfish nitwits and liberals as missunderstood freedom of information seekers..(its ussualy the other way around to you international folks) and its not that the guy sorkin is such a staunch liberal that he cast hanoi jane of all people as the most powerful yet most miss understood and goody goody character on the show.. the worst thing about this show is that there are a vast number of viewers local and international that actualy believe that this is the way the media works in this country, as if all the media is at the beck and call of the conservatives. which their not, because if they were you would here more about how liberals promise things and then stab people in the back, not just stories about how liberals view conservatives as enept. and sorkin knows people will take this kind of story to heart. so long as it has a great story and plot line he knows full well that people will take this show at face value , and it really IS an entertaining show, although not very accurate, for instance go compare those per capita numbers from the first episode to actual numbers. i really DO like this show, its very entertaining, in many ways this is the way the media works in this country, its primarily for entertainment purposes and they rarely cover actual issues, ussualy opting to cover stories about personal matters to empower the viewer with the mindset that they lead a better life than the person in the story. the odd thing is that sorkin says he wants to write this show in an unbiased manner, yet all he talks about is how awsome obama is or how stupid and backwards he thinks conservative are, and by proxy all other conservatives MUST be. thats not very "un biased" in my novice opinion. its a good show, but if sorkin could just do the tough thing and substitute the liberal fluffing for an actual unbiased plot that wasnt laced with backwards thinking to feed the viewer a false sense of what is going on in politics.... it could be a lot better

This is an absolute pleasure to watch... yeah, I tend to lean toward the conservative side of things but, this marginally left-leaning news show is incredibly written and directed/ produced even better.

In an age of mind-numbing television... this show hits the spot with it's thoughtfully compounded story lines and real world topics.

I agree with Tristan !!! I knew it was going to be a good show, but from The West Wing , thats a pretty high bar to surpass! But WOW is he giving it a run for its money!! This is my favorite new show. Absolutely amazing.

I was told it was good by a friend. Wasn't too sure, so gave the first episode a try to see for myself. As soon as I saw Aaron Sorkin in the opening credits, I knew it was going to be awesome. And it was. Best TV I've seen in a long time (perhaps since the West Wing....)